Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distrustful

/dɪstɹˈʌstfəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: dis-trust-ful
IPA: /dɪstɹˈʌstfəl/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.

adj

Causing or giving rise to distrust.

Etymology

From distrust + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: distrust

Inflected Forms

more distrustful (comparative) most distrustful (superlative)

Derived Forms

distrustfully distrustfulness undistrustful

Rhymes With

lustful mistrustful

Questions

How do you pronounce distrustful?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪstɹˈʌstfəl/.
What does distrustful mean?: Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
Where does distrustful come from?: From distrust + -ful.

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